This article is about independence era nationalist. For the former Indonesian prime minister, see Abdul Halim (Indonesia).
KyaiHajiAbdul Halim, known as KH Abdul Halim Majalengka (1887–1962) was an Indonesian Islamic scholar and nationalist figure. He founded a number of Islamic organizations in the Dutch East Indies, including the Hayatul Qulub and the Persyarikatan Ulama and was a member of several national consultative councils during the transition to Indonesian independence in the 1940s. He was declared a National Hero of Indonesia in 2008 by then-president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.[1]
Abdul Halim was born in the village of Ciborelang in Majalengka Regency, West Java, Dutch East Indies on June 26, 1887. His name at birth was Otong Syatori; his father was Haji Muhammad Iskandar and his mother Haji Siti Mutmainah.[1] Aside from getting Islamic education from his father, he studied in various Pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in his early years, including the pesantren BobosinCirebon, pesantren CiwedusinKuningan, and one in Pekalongan.[2] In 1908, he married Siti Murbiyah, daughter of Kyai Haji Muhammad Ilyas.[2]
In 1909 he spent time in Mecca where he was exposed to ideas of Islamic reform being espoused by Rashid Rida, Mohammed 'Abduh, and others. He studied under Ahmad Khatib al-Minangkabawi, an influential Minangkabau Islamic teacher who was then resident in Mecca.[3] During his time there he also befriended other students of his generation, such as Mas Mansoer, who would also later return to the Indies and play an important role in Islamic educational reform.
During the 1910s, after returning to Java, Abdoel Halim founded a number of Islamic organizations, including Madjisul 'Ilmi (1911), Hayatul Qulub (1912) and Persyarikatan Ulama (1916).[2]
Japanese occupation and war for Independence[edit]
In the following year, he was also appointed to the Central Indonesian National Committee, a consultative body set up to advise the president of Indonesia as the country was gaining its independence.[1] During the Indonesian National Revolution in 1946–7, he was also involved in leading guerilla forces against the Dutch in his home region of Majalengka.[2]
^ abcdeSarulina, Betaria (8 June 2020). "Kyai Haji Abdul Halim". Historia - Majalah Sejarah Populer Pertama di Indonesia (in Indonesian). Historia. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
^Effendi, Djohan (2008). A renewal without breaking tradition : the emergence of a new discourse in Indonesia's Nahdlatul Ulama during the Abdurrahman Wahid era. Yogyakarta: Institute for Interfaith Dialogue in Indonesia. p. 72. ISBN9789798726361.
^Effendy, Bahtiar (2003). Islam and the state in Indonesia. Athens: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 57. ISBN9789812300836.
^Kusuma, A.B (2004). Lahirnya Undang-Undang Dasar 1945 : memuat salinan dokumen otentik badan oentoek menyelidiki oesaha2 persiapan kemerdekaan [The Birth of the 1945 Constitution: including copies of the authentic documents of the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence] (in Indonesian). Depok, Indonesia: Badan Penerbit Fakultas Hukum Universitas Indonesia. p. 21. ISBN979-8972-28-7.
